CIS Top 10 October 4

The women's cross country team is on the CIS Top 10 list for the second straight week, coming in at #8 after a weekend off from competing.

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

CIS TOP TEN TUESDAY (#6): CROSS COUNTRY AND MEN’S SOCCER RANKINGS STAY THE SAME FOR THE SECOND STRAIGHT WEEK

Oct. 4, 2016

TORONTO (CIS) – The Laval Rouge et Or (men) and defending champion Guelph Gryphons (women) top the CIS cross country rankings for the second straight week.

In men’s soccer, the University of Alberta maintained their number one ranking while the Ryerson Rams overtook the York Lions for second spot in this week’s Top 10.

In women’s soccer, the Laval Rouge et Or remain unbeaten and sit in the top spot for the fifth consecutive week. Trinity Western moved up two positions to the second spot in the rankings.

In women’s rugby, the first four positions remain unchanged from a week ago as McMaster University holds the top ranking ahead of the University of Guelph, University of Ottawa and St. Francis Xavier University.

WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / previous ranking

University of Guelph (97) / 1

Trinity Western University (87) / 2

University of Toronto (84) / 3

Western University (55) / 5

University of Calgary (50) / 4

University of Victoria (39) / 10

University of Alberta (26) / --

Dalhousie University (26) / 7

Université Laval (22) / 8

McGill University (20) /
McMaster University (20) / 8

Other teams receiving votes: Queen’s University (17), University of Saskatchewan (5), Laurentian University (4), MacEwan University (3), Thompson River University (2)

MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY
(points) / previous ranking

Université Laval (98) / 1

University of Guelph (85) / 2

University of Victoria (72) / 3

Trinity Western University (70) / 4

University of Windsor (66) / 5

McMaster University (43) / 6

University of Calgary (30) / 8

Western University (25) / 9

St. Francis Xavier University (22) / 7

Queen’s University (12) / 10

Other teams receiving votes: University of Toronto (7), University of Manitoba (6), Lakehead University (6), University of Alberta (5), Dalhousie University (5), McGill University (4), University of Waterloo (2), University of Regina (2)

WOMEN’S RUGBY
(regular season record) / votes / previous ranking

McMaster University (4-0) / 206 / 1

University of Guelph (4-0) / 189 / 2

University of Ottawa (6-0) / 158/ 3

St. Francis Xavier University (4-0) / 127/ 4

University of Calgary (3-0) / 121/ 6

Université Laval (4-1) / 94/ 7

Queen’s University (2-2) / 62 / 5

Concordia University (3-2) / 55/ 8

University of Victoria (2-1) / 53/ 9

University of Alberta (2-1) / 19/ 10

Other teams receiving votes: Acadia University (16), Western University (7), Carleton University (4), Université de Montreal (4), York University (3), University of Prince Edward Island (2)

MEN’S SOCCER
(regular season record) / votes / previous ranking

University of Alberta (10-0-2) / 58/ 1

Ryerson University (11-0-0) / 52/ 3

York University (9-0-2)/ 52/ 2

Trinity Western University (8-2-2) /33/ 5

Université du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres (4-1-2) / 28/ 4

St. Francis Xavier University (5-0-2) / 23/ 10

University of New Brunswick (3-0-4) / 18/ 7

University of Guelph (7-1-2) / 14/ NR

University of Calgary (7-2-1) / 10/ NR

University of Toronto (8-1-2) / 9/ NR

Other teams receiving votes: University of British Columbia (10), Université du Quebec a Montreal (8), Carleton University (8), Acadia University (7), Cape Breton University (1)

WOMEN’S SOCCER
(regular season record) / points / previous ranking

Université Laval (7-0-1) / 60 / 1

Trinity Western University (7-0-2) / 49/ 4

University of Ottawa (9-0-2) / 47/ 2

University of Calgary (7-0-1) / 46/ 3

York University (8-0-3) / 37/ 5

Université de Montreal (6-0-1) / 23/ 6

Cape Breton University (7-0-0) / 22/ 7

UOIT (9-1-1) / 20/ 9

University of Fraser Valley (6-1-2) / 12/ NR

University of British Columbia (4-1-4) / 6/ 10

Other teams receiving votes: Western University (6), Acadia University (2).

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